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The MEPs want to augment the target of consumption of renewable energy by at least a 35% on the final energy consumption by 2030. This opposes what was proposed by the European Commission which aimed for a 27% target, that being an EU wide target.
Furthermore, the MEPs want to reintroduce national targets which had been settled by the Renewable Energy Directive (Directive 2009/28/EC).
Also, it has been discussed the establishment of a sustainability criteria excluding food based biofuels and first generation biofuels. The aim is to minimise the risk of using unsustainable forest biomass. Therefore, palm oil and the first generation of biofuels responsible for driving deforestation should be phased out by 2030, starting by the elimination of palm oil by 2021.
This discussion forms part of the RED recast directive which was first introduced in 2009.
The view of the European Council was to set up a 27% final consumption of renewables in energy by 2030 without national binding targets, which was declared on 2014 within the framework of 2030 EU climate and energy by the European Commission.
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